Ithaca

Ithaca is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Cephalonia and to the west of mainland Greece. The island was colonized around 1320 BC by Pterelaus, and Odysseus, the ruler of the small kingdom, led it into the Trojan War. After the end of the Mycenaeans, Ithaca's influence diminished, and it came under the jurisdiction of Cephalonia. The Romans occupied the island in the 2nd century BC, and, in the 13th century, the Norman Sicilians conquered Ithaca from the Byzantines. After short Turkish rule, the island came under Venetian rule, which was replaced by French rule in 1797, by the British in 1809, and by the Greeks in 1864. In 2011, Ithaca had a population of 3,231 people.